Sociology Unit 1: Introduction, People, and Culture

Question 1

norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by society.

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mores

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rewards and punishments used to encourge people to follow the norms.

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Sanctions

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"father of communism" -

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Karl Marx

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theory stating that our idea of reality depends largely upon language

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hypothesis of linguistic relativity

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approach that focuses on the interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols.

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Symbolic Interactionism

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Anything that stands for something and has an agreed upon meaning attached to it.

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Symbol

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the ability to control the behavior of others.

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Power

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actual behavior patterns of members of a group

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real culture

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knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects that are share by members of a society.

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culture

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working class

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proletariat

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a theory of sociology that emphasizes the contributions of each part of society.

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Functionalism

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board ideas about what is good or desirable shared by society.

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values

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A norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials

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Law

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the ability to see the link between society and self

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sociological imagination

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Knowledge, values and beliefs that members of a society agree on

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Culture

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general cultural traits that exist in all cutures

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cultural universals

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Class owning the means for producing wealth

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bourgeoisie

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a particular point of view

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Prespective

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Father of Sociology. He wanted to use scientific observation in the study of social behavior

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Auguste Comte

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How a thing relates to the number and complexity of words available to describe that thing.

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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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emphasizes the role of conflict, competition and constraint and strife within a society.

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Social Conflict

Question 22

a group that is part of the dominant culture but t differs from it in important respects.

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subculture

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Rewards/punishments that can be applied by most members of the group.

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informal sanction

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a special territory inhabited by people who share a common culture.

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society

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the patterned interaction of people in social relationships

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Social Structure

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Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior.

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norms

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cultural guidelines that group members should follow

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ideal culture

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negative consequence of an aspect of society

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Dysfuction

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ideas about the nature of reality

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beliefs

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a rule of behavior that the violation of calls for strong punishment

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taboo

Question 31

Norms that lack moral significance

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folkways

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intended and recognized consequences of an aspect of society.

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Manifest Function

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unintended and unrecognized consequences of an aspect of society.

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Latent Function

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sanctions imposed by persons given special authority

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formal Sanctions

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the concrete tangible objects of a culture

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material culture

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judging others in terms of one's own cultural standards

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ethnocentrism

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deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs of the dominant culture

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counter culture

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The position of a person in society

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Social Status

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the scientific study of social behavior of a group or individual in a social situation

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Sociology

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a customary way of operation or behavior

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Pattern

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persons who share a social characteristic

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social categories

Sociology Unit 1: Introduction, People, and Culture

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Sociology Unit 1: Introduction, People, and Culture

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